CRANACH PRESS. ERIC GILL, illustrator. Canticum Canticorum Salomonis quod hebraice dicitur Sir Hasirim. [Weimar] 1931. Tall 8vo, original salmon crushed morocco gilt, lettered on upper cover, uncut, buff wrappers (wrapper slightly defective) and slipcase, by Otto Dorfner, some foxing. LIMITED EDITION, no. XLV of 60 copies on Japon, from the Latin edition of 268. 11 wood engravings (7 full-page, 4 smaller) by Gill, historiated initials, headlines printed in red. Gill 284.

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CRANACH PRESS. ERIC GILL, illustrator. Canticum Canticorum Salomonis quod hebraice dicitur Sir Hasirim. [Weimar] 1931. Tall 8vo, original salmon crushed morocco gilt, lettered on upper cover, uncut, buff wrappers (wrapper slightly defective) and slipcase, by Otto Dorfner, some foxing. LIMITED EDITION, no. XLV of 60 copies on Japon, from the Latin edition of 268. 11 wood engravings (7 full-page, 4 smaller) by Gill, historiated initials, headlines printed in red. Gill 284.